LAS VEGAS (UCFKnights.com) – In UCF’s most competitive regular season tournament, the UCF men’s golf team finished ahead of No. 7 Auburn, No. 30 Florida, No. 6 USC, and No. 35 UCLA Sunday afternoon in the opening round of the Southern Highlands in Las Vegas.
The Knights shot 297(+9) with junior Bobby Bai pacing UCF shooting par with a 72. Bai opened with a 35(-1) back nine with three birdies.
Clement Charmasson was just behind Bai with a 73(+1), while Kyler Tate rounded out the first 18 holes with a 75(+3).
Sophomore Tommy Cao collected a pair of birdies for a 77(+5) and Jalen Ledger wrapped up his first round shooting 80(+8).
The Knights trail No. 8 Texas by a slim two strokes and No. 44 TCU by three strokes.
As a team, UCF tallied 11 birdies and parred 55 holes. The Knights were the second-best team on par-three holes with an average score of three strokes per par three.
To view all the results from today's action please visit golfstat.com.
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The Knights will tee off Monday morning for the second round of the Southern Highlands. The second round will be live streamed on Golfweek.com.
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